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From: szabonj@minke (Nick Szabo)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: State SPACEPAC rankings
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Date: 13 Feb 89 23:08:06 GMT
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In article <890213103429.0000076D091@grouch.JPL.NASA.GOV> PJS@GROUCH.JPL.NASA.GOV (Peter Scott) writes:
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>why in God's name is Alaska *first*, significantly beyond the pack??
>What are they doing up there to get that kind of support???!!?

Alaska is the only (Earth-bound) U.S. frontier.  Perhaps there is
a psychology among its residents that lends support to the opening of
still more frontiers.

Nick Szabo              szabonj@fred.cs.washington.edu